Finger support for nail polish application



Dec. 18; 1951 p, UBSQN 2,579,450

FINGER SUPPORT FOR NAIL POLISH APPLICATION Filed Nov. 24, 1947 an mm 12F 14- PHILIPLIDSON I INVENTOR ATTORNEY- l alzentecl'Dec. 18, 1951UNI-TQEDP- PATENT creme;

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FINGER-SUPPORT FORNAIITPOLISH APBLICATIGN i finger nails, it has beenthe practicesto- .p1 ace arzsmall- :bottle 'or ;-v ial=- of polishingliquid -..on= a bureau": orr dressingtableaand to extend i the fingersof one "hand intheair while applying :the' liquid to the finger nails.ofi this hand by @means 4 clai (CI. 13294-35);

of a soft brush held in the other-hand;

the interval between; immersion oi, the-ebrush in.- thespolishing liquidand the application ot said liquid to the finger: nails-,-. it oftenhappens that the; liquid. will Adi-op; fromex-the brush and. stain or Iotherwise damage-stile -wearing-.;appar.el

of the user randlikewismspett eradisfigurertumi-g ture and-thezliker,lnssome-icasesethe polishing.- liquid will tend-toevapgrateor partiallysolidify Onithehrush, thus necessitating;-repeated immer sion of :theEbrushin theipolishing fluid inorder; that the liquid willizhave'tl'ieedes-ired fluidity topermit proper- -spreading '.or coating:thereof;..on thefinger/nails; Moreover it iSndiffiCUlt'--t0 apply the-polish accurately; and: exactly within the desired limitsitoithefingernails :of: ltheiune supported hand; which-"getter;,aeshortritimerbe comesartired andpconsequently, unable to maintain thefingers motionless in the same position. Furthermore, -.wheii :thehottlesis supported on a dressing ,table and. thedbrush .is...immers,ed.; into and withdrawn from the bottle,;it frequently happensthat the brush will overbalance or upset the bottle andspill'the'pontents thereof over the highly-polished surface oftthedressing: table; therebymot only. damaging. thez-latter :bi1t :alsocausing a total lossofthepolishing liquids? One object of. the.invention;,is'; to providega support 'orrwhich. eachindividualifingertmay b'e placed to "be firmly. supportedizahdaccurately Iooated'in'fthe immediatevicinitynf the mouth-pr the nailpolish. bottle. in order td facilitate the transfer :of lpolish vby.means ?Ofthe usual brush from the polish bottletosthe finger nailandi-to eliminate the danger.oi'pplistrdropping from or solidifying onthe brush during said transfer.

, Another object of the inventionis to steadyg-thenail 'DDliShibOttlB'omitssupporting: surfacaiisuch as "a table or-dressertop: wane thebrush" is immersed into and withdrawn from the polish bottle.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a simple,inexpensive and aesthetically attractive finger support for theapplication, of nail polish.

These and other more clearly as the specification proceeds are objectswhich will appear accomplished acccrding IG-"the; ilivellllitjtll by131113 arrangement and =-ccmbinat1ca ofelements; set

forthiii-the following detai1ed.-description, de! fined in the"-appenJdedclaims and illustratively exemplifiedin: th'e accom-panyingdrawings 1 in which Figii is a perspecti-ve-lviewxof afing'ersu-pportaccording to the present invention applied to:- a nail polish bottle ofsubstantially-- triangular cross-section,

Fig 2 41s a top: plan: viewerti-rearrangement accordingto Fig. 1.

' Fig; I 3 is a sheet meta tanammtmca the,

finger support showri in Figs. 1 and 2 *is obtained by bending'and Figs.4, 5am! 6 -are',--r espeetiv ely, perspective views of three modifications of the finger-- support according to the invention;

Referring now-to the" drawings and'first to Figs.-

1 and-'2, l I denotes a nail polis'h'bottle of substan tially triangular-crosssectio'nclosed by-a cap 1 2 which is omitted in Fig; 2 to" showthe "bottle moutl i'fl.

Applied to the bottle *1 i is a'fingersupport and bottle holder formedfrom aesheetmetal blank as illustrated in -Fig.--*3.= The blankcomprises an elongated l rectangular strip portion [3a of a length andwidth=to-;form,-; upon'beingbent at right-angles'on a transverse line 4-(shown as a broken line) ashore distance from'one of its ends;-

aplatformi 5 to' support an individual finger tip andavertical supportwall" It integral with-said platform 15 onisaidbending line 14 andhavinga height cor-responding approxim ately to that -of the bqttle ll;"The-platform l5;maybe grooved as, shown in Figs-:1 and'2 :to permit theexact location-of afinger tip-restingon the platform;

A narrow strip,! 1 projects at right angles'from one sideedge of theelongated strip portion 13a at approximately 'equal distances from theends support oi the wall 16; ,The stripfl has, alength sufii'cienh toform apomplete loop about therbody 11 [crime naii'ippiisn bottie.=.Tirefreeendjlla of. the, strips l1: may be securedgfor instance. by

soldering, to-th'e opposite sideedge iofthe. .elon

oi the bottle mouth 13 and substantially in the same horizontal plane asthe latter.

A finger placed on the platform I is securely positioned so close to thebottlemouth that the,

steadied and held in place by the loop l1 and lugs l8 integral with thevertical wall portion l'li and the platform I5 on which-latterg thefinger rests, thus holding the entire assembly securely.

in position.

A simplified embodiment of the eveeaeeae shown in Fig. 4 in which the-platform 25 is-integral with a short vertical wall portion 26 extendingdownwardly from one of its edges-and carrying a spring clip .21! whichprojects from the wall portion 26"'inthe direction awayfrom the platform25 and which serves to embrace theneck of the bottle il When the supportaccording to Fig. 4 is applied tothe bottle H, the lower edge of thewall portion 26 rests on the shoulder of the bottle ll. .1 In thefurther embodiment of the invention, shown in Fig. 5, a platform 35 isintegral at one edge thereof with a short downwardly extendingverticalwall portion 36 adapted to rest with its free lower edge on the shoulderof a bottle and carrying by means of a hinge 31 aspring clip 38. On itsopposite edge, the platform 35 is integral with a vertical wall portion39 which extends downwardly for a distance approximately equal to theheightofthe bottle and serves to steady the arrangement againstupsetting due to the pressure of a finger on the platform 35.- --Inthisarrangement, the spring clip 38 may be folded from the position shown inFig. 5,-in which it projects at right angles from the vertical wallportion 36, into aposition substantiallyin theplane of the wall portion36 to facilitate-storingand shipping of the device. 7

The inventionv may also be realized in a very simple arrangement asshown in Fig. 6. A-p1a't-' form 45 forms the top of a rectangular column46 consisting for instance, of sheetmetal, china, plastic or the like.,The platform 45 at the top of column 46 is disposed at alevelapproximately equal to the height of an average nail polish bottleand the device shown in Fig. 6 may simply be placed nextto abottle. Thevertical walls of the column 46 make it possible tobring the plat-'form45 very close to the bottle mouth l3 so that the dangerof'nail'polish dropping from the brush. or evaporating .on. the brush issuccessfully avoided.

' It should be understood that'fing'e'r supports according to thepresent invention nlay bernade from sheet metal, cardboard, plesticj oranyother suitable material, and that they may be"con-I structed in theform of scored blankswhich-can be stored and shipped in a limited spaceand can be folded'or bent to the desiredfconfiguration prior to beingused.

It will also be understood that theginvention 4 is applicable to a nailpolish remover bottle, as well as to a nail polish bottle.

I claim:

1. A finger support for use with a nail polish bottle to facilitate thetransfer of polish from the bottle to a finger nail and to steady thebottle during the immersion and withdrawal of the brush, comprising asubstantially horizontal platform shaped to support an individual fingertip, a. support for said platform including a substantially verticalwall portion extending downwardly from one edge of said platform for adistance approximatelyequal to the height of a nail polish -bottle andadapted to be located in a plane tangentialto a wall of the nail polishbottle, and a loop element secured to said vertical wall intermediateits ends-and at a distance from said platform edge exceeding the heightof the neck of a nail polish bottle, said loop element projecting fromsaid vertical wall in a horizontal plane away from said platform andbeing shaped and dimensioned to beslipped over and to embrace the bodyof a nail polish bottle to attach the finger support to such bottle. 2.A fingers upport as claimed in claim 1 ineluding 'lugs projecting fromthe side edges of said "vertical wall portion near the lower end thereofto embrace the body of a nail polish bottle near its bottom. I t 3. Thecombination of a nail polish bottle hav-; ing a flat vertical wallportion and a finger support including a vertical-sheet material elementextending-in a plane adjacent said flat bottle wall from the bottom ofthe bottle to the level of the bottle mouth, a loop secured to saidvertical ele ment and embracing the body of the bottle inter mediate itsupper and lower ends, and a horizontal platform integral with saidvertical ele ment at the upper edge thereof and extending away from saidbottle mouth. I 4. A combination, as claimed in claim 3, in-- cluding apair of lugsl'on the sideedges of said vertical element near the lowerend thereof andextending at angles'to said vertical element to embrace'thebody of said'bottle near its bottom. t PHI LIPLIBSON. REFERENC ESCITED The following references areof record the file of this patent: I

UNITED STATES PATENTS Germany Nov. 3, 1906

